Indoor air quality testing

Indoor air quality testing involves determining emissions of formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds from wood-based materials, building materials and products used in interior furnishings.

We determine emissions of:

formaldehyde by the chamber method,
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by chamber method,
harmful organic compounds from furniture in large-scale chambers.

We evaluate and classify the tested products in terms of the emission requirements that are in force in Europe.

Indoor air quality testing – our offer:

Formaldehyde emission testing

PN-EN 717-1:2006 Wood-based panels – Determination of formaldehyde emission – Part 1: Formaldehyde emission by chamber method.
PN-EN ISO 12460-5:2016-02E Wood-based panels – Determination of formaldehyde emission – Part 5: Extraction method (called perforator method)
PN-EN ISO 12460-3:2020 Wood-based panels – Determination of formaldehyde emissions – Part 3: Gas analysis method.
ASTM D 6007-14 standard entitled “Standard Test Method for Determining Formaldehyde Concentration in Air from Wood Products Using a Small Scale Chamber”.
ASTM E 1333-14 standard entitled “Standard Test Method for Determining Formaldehyde Concentration in Air and Emission Rates from Wood Products Using a Large Chamber”.
ISO 16000-3:2011 Indoor air – Part 3: Determination of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds in indoor air and test chamber air – Active sampling method.

Testing of volatile organic compounds emissions:

ISO 16000-6:2011 Indoor air – Part 6: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA® sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS/FID.
PN-EN ISO 16000-9:2009 Indoor air – Part 9: Determination of emissions of volatile organic compounds from building materials and equipment – Emission test by chamber method.
PN-EN 16516+A1:2020 “Building products: Evaluation of release of hazardous substances. Determination of emissions to indoor air”.

Testing of volatile organic compounds emissions:

ISO 16000-6:2011 Indoor air – Part 6: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA® sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS/FID.
PN-EN ISO 16000-9:2009 Indoor air – Part 9: Determination of emissions of volatile organic compounds from building materials and equipment – Emission test by chamber method.
PN-EN 16516+A1:2020 “Building products: Evaluation of release of hazardous substances. Determination of emissions to indoor air”.

Determination of free formaldehyde in resins:

PN-EN 1243:2011 Adhesives. Determination of free formaldehyde in amine and amidoformaldehyde condensates.